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From: Kutschera Peter <Peter DOT Kutschera AT ajc DOT at>
To: "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: Can not enter ', ", ~ or ` at bash prompt
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 17:03:31 +0100 
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Sorry about this silly question but what did I wrong?
I can't enter any of ['"`~] at the bash prompt!

Example: I enter
echo `date`
I see:
echo date
The result is
date

2nd example: I enter
echo '$$'
I see
echo $$
Output
1000

I can't belive this is the normal behavior. Any hints?

Thanks
 Peter

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